Confluence backup taking too long

[Ron Dim]

I have a a need to do a back up on a Confluence 5.1.2. I go to

• Backup & Restore--> Uncheck Back up attachments --> Click BackUp

Page is sitting and just spinning its wheels.

When i Tail the log file not much really shows up. Just a routince Confluence chatter.

In Temp directory there is a folder created for my backup and it has .properties file.

Nothing else to note. Its just spinning and spinning.

[Alexey Rjeutski [Polontech]]

1. Please note atlassian recommend other production backup strategy and don't recommend to use xml backups for the large sites:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Production+Backup+Strategy

2. If you need the xml backup - try to increase memory on the host - there is often memory problems when you do such action

3. As from my experience - it is often impossible to make backup using the button, but somehow backup is successfull as scheduled job. https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Configuring+Backups - set up automatic backups and get one from the export folder.

[Cha'gara]

how long has been trying to do the backup? how big is your db?

[Ron Dim]

Its been about an hour and a half. The DB size is about 4.5 gig

Also i am not seeing any XML file being created in temp folder or backup folder

[Cha'gara]

is the DB on the same box or another server? are they any network issues?

[Ron Dim]

DB on a separate box. No network issues that i can tell.